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Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question :
Why is national integration important for a country like India ?
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Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question :
What are the aims of national integration ?
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Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question :
What are the forces that challenge national integration ?
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Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question :
What are the steps that we should take to strengthen the nation and its unity ?
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Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question :
How can we bind the people of the country and create an emotional bond ?
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Based on your reading of the passage answer the following question :
How can we attain internal freedom for the people of the country?
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Read the passage carefully and familiarize yourself with the new words used in the passage by working out their meanings. Match the words in column A
with their meanings in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) foster | (i) the act of accepting someone as a part of a group |
| (b) pernicious | (ii) excessive enthusiasm for an extreme political or religious cause |
| (c) integration | (iii) encourage the development of |
| {d) fanaticism | (iv) agreement and support resulting from shared interests, feelings or opinions |
| (e) solidarity | (v) having a harmful effect. |
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Organize a group discussion on the topic : “Destabilizing Forces Within a Country : Challenges to a Nation”.
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'Whenever our nation faces a threat, or some major calamity happens, don't we all stand together with a sense of emotional oneness to fight against evil forces and unnatural situations?'
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Working in groups of four, discuss the ways in which the following have integrated India :
- Music—Jai Ho / Vande Mataram
- Food—North Indian!South Indian
- Fashion—Salwar kameezs / lehengas / Achkan / Dhoti Kurta
- Occupation and trade—Job opportunities
- Relationships / Marriage
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Jog your memory for interesting and memorable slogans you may have come across:
| Airlines Slogan | |
| Adult Education Campaign Slogan | |
| Struggle for Independence Slogan | |
| Polio Eradication Slogan | |
| Eye Donation Slogan | |
| Blood Donation Slogan |
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Look at the pictures given below, frame short, interesting and creative slogans :
( A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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Work with your partner and write six prominent features of Indian identity.
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You visited remote area in Himachal Pradesh and observed that people have to travel long distances to get clean and safe drinking water. Write a letter in - 120 words to the Editor, Himachal Times expressing your concern about the situation and requesting the authorities to take appropriate measures to deal with the problem. You are Rama/Krishna, 112 Mall Road, Delhi.
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is / reading / tea / not / books / cup of/ everybody’s.
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books / them / only / read / those who / will / love
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long term / on / reading / impact / has / a / one’s personality
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good / is/ for / it / substitute / a / watching TV
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is / the / it / hobbies / one / best / of
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Ten minutes or so later Naresh Dutt went looking for Patol Babu near the paan shop and found that he was not there. “That’s odd the man hadn’t been paid yet. What a strange fellow !”
(a) Where had Patol Babu gone ?
(b) Why did Patol Babu leave without informing anyone ?
(c) Why was Naresh Dutt looking for Patol Babu ?
(d) What does the incident tell us about Patol Babu ?
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